Devoir n° 3 - 2017/2018 - Psychoanalysis

Question 1

Question 1 – Theory		
The process of attaching or investing the available libidinal energy in the psyche to the mental representation of a person, idea, or thing is termed \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_
- Sourcing
- Aggressive instinct
- Catharsis
- Cathexis

Answer 1

Cathexis

Question 2

Question 2 – Theory		
After a short walk outside of the house on a chilly morning, a person's body temporarily increases its production of warmth to maintain its stable temperature. This is an example of \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_
- Learning
- Instincts
- Arousal
- Homeostasis

Answer 2

Homeostasis

Question 3

Question 3 – Theory		
The process whereby the patient transfers attitudes, ideas, and even physical characteristics to the analyst is called
- transference
- counter-transference
- sublimation
- projection

Answer 3

transference

Question 4

Question 4 – Dreams
Before retiring to bed one night, Meryl turned up her electric blanket to the highest setting. She hopped into a toasty bed, fell asleep, and proceeded to dream « about having a deadly fever in which she was in a lot of pain but her mouth was paralyzed and she couldn’t call or scream to anybody ». What is the manifest content of this dream?
- Things are really “hot” in Meryl’s life right now
- She has a fever, is in pain, and can’t call out for help because her mouth is paralyzed
- She feels helpless in her life right now and no one will help
- She would like to ask someone for help but just can’t bring herself to it

Answer 4

She has a fever, is in pain, and can’t call out for help because her mouth is paralyzed

Question 5

Question 5 – Stages			
People who constantly nibble, smoke, and overeat may be partially fixated in what stage?
- oral
- anal
- phallic
- latency
- genital

Answer 5

oral

Question 6

Question 6 – Theory			
In the psychoanalytic approach, Eros is to\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_\_\_\_drive as\_\_\_\_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_\_\_is to the death drive.
- fixation; thanatos
- violence; schema
- unconscious drives; thanatos
- life; thanatos

Answer 6

life; thanatos

Question 7

Question 7 – Theory			
In order to decrease anxiety we either resolve a problem directly or we defend against it by using \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_
- aggression
- fantasy
- defense mechanisms
- All of the above
- None of the above

Answer 7

defense mechanisms

Question 8

Question 8 - Personality structure		
What is repository of moral codes, standards of conduct, and those constructs that form the inhibitions for the personality? 
- Ego
- Id
- Superego
- Preconscious

Answer 8

Superego

Question 9

Question 9 - Personality structure		
That portion of the psychic apparatus which is in contact with external reality is the \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_. It is the part of the psyche that is usually reflected in a person's actions.
- Ego
- Id
- Superego
- All of the above
- None of the above

Answer 9

Ego

Question 10

Question 10 – Theory
Which of the following statements does not belong to Freudian theory ?
- Sexuality in children and adults is important for an understanding of human behavior
- Symptoms are failed attempts at self-healing
- Patient history –past experience, especially in childhood– is essential for an understanding of current problems
- Levels of conscious motivation in human behavior have to be analyzed and discovered
- The unconscious can be encountered via dreams, “Freudian slips”, symptoms and mistakes.

Answer 10

Levels of conscious motivation in human behavior have to be analyzed and discovered

Question 11

Question 11 – Dreams		
Alyson dreams that she is on the seashore collecting shells. She dreams that she places them in an aquarium and that they grow legs and come to life. She interprets the dream to mean she is pregnant. For her, this interpretation would represent the dream’s :
- latent content
- realistic fantasy
- manifest content
- subjective content

Answer 11

latent content

Question 12

Question 12 - Defense mechanism		
Which defense mechanism is considered by Freud as a key factor in understanding all other defense mechanisms ?
- Denial
- Repression
- Regression
- Projection

Answer 12

Repression

Question 13

Question 13 – Theory
How do the boy and the girl, respectively, resolve the Oedipal crisis (page 79) ?
- The child’s first object, for both the boy and the girl, is said to be the mother: they resolve the Oedipal crisis through the same process.
- Castration anxiety is the chief motor of renunciation of incestuous wishes for both boys and girls: this factor gets them both out of the acute Oedipal crisis of the phallic phase.
- It is castration anxiety that leads girls into the Oedipus complex whereas it is the same castration anxiety that leads boys out of it.
- All of the above
- None of the above

Answer 13

It is castration anxiety that leads girls into the Oedipus complex whereas it is the same castration anxiety that leads boys out of it.

Question 14

Question 14 - Psychoanalysts?		
Among the following names, which one is not considered as a « psychoanalyst » ?
- Alfred Adler
- Sandor Ferenczi
- Carl Gustav Jung
- Melanie Klein
- Otto Rank
- Anna Freud
- Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 14

Wilhelm Wundt

Question 15

Question 15 - General knowledge		
Which of the following Greek myths would Freud probably have found most interesting to illustrate the positive libidinal feelings that a child develops toward the parent of the opposite sex ?
- The Trojan Horse
- Oedipus Rex
- The Myth of Hades
- The Illiad and The Odyssey

Answer 15

Oedipus Rex

Question 16

Question 16 – Theory		
The concepts of \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_ involve an imaginary scene in which the subject is the protagonist. It represents the fulfillment of a wish in a distorted way, because consciousness cannot allow that wish to be fulfilled in reality because of inhibiting factors (often involving repression). This can occur consciously or unconsciously.
- drive and libido
- oral and anal stages
- fantasy and dream
- transference and countertransference

Answer 16

fantasy and dream

Question 17

Question 17 - Expression of Ucs		
Which of the following terms is not considered as an expression of the unconscious according to Freud?
- Symptoms
- Dream content
- Ego state
- Parapraxis (actes manqués)
- Slip of the tongue (or Freudian slips)

Answer 17

Ego state

Question 18

Question 18 – Stages		
Oedipus complex occurs during the \_\_\_\_?\_\_\_\_ stage and expresses a conflict in which the boy wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father to be a rival in love.
- oral
- anal
- phallic
- latency

Answer 18

phallic

Question 19

Question 19 – Therapy
Which of the following statements best describes the major contribution Freud made to treating emotional problems in therapy ?
- He championed the “group approach”
- He championed the “talking cure”
- He championed the “medical approach”
- He championed the “cognitive-behavioral approach”

Answer 19

He championed the “talking cure”

Question 20

Question 20 - Vaillant’s categorization
In George Eman Vaillant’s (1977) categorization, defense mechanisms form a continuum related to their psychoanalytical developmental levelhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developmental_stage_theories. Which of the following is not one of Vaillant’s levels :
- Pathological defenses
- Immature defenses
- Neurotic defenses
- Mature defenses
- Borderline defences

Answer 20

Borderline defences